France Freezes Warship Sale to Russia

FINALLY

Updated Apr. 14, 2017 3:03PM EDT / Published Sep. 03, 2014 1:53PM EDT

It only took the virtual invasion of Ukraine by Russia—and several thousand dead at the hands of Russian-backed rebels—for France to halt the sale of a warship to Moscow. French President Francois Hollande’s office announced Wednesday that conditions are “not right” for the delivery of the first of two Mistral naval-assault ships to Russia. Previously, France said EU sanctions on Russia didn’t apply retroactively to the sale.

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France Freezes Warship Sale to Russia